Undergrad International Relations

samonite16
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:11:43 +0000

009910745, I won’t argue with your school ranking, but your last statement is off the mark. I’ve worked in foreign policy in DC, on both the public and private sides, and the schools you mentioned, while probably overrepresented, are still a minority. Your undergrad institution only matters for your first job; after that, it’s all about what you’ve done. Most people in the IR world eventually go to grad or law school, at which time the quality of the graduate institution becomes much, much more important than the undergrad. Go to wikipedia and read bios of State Department officials. You’ll see what I mean.